Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,821 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Samuel Robert Cassius
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Samuel Robert Cassius (1853-1931)
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Carlton B. Goodlett (1914-1997)
Lulu Merle Johnson
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Lulu Merle Johnson (1907-1995)
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Adrienne C. Nelson (1967- )

Explore Global African History

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Benedita da Silva (1942- )
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Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States
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Ikhlas Khan (a.k.a. Malik Raihan Habshi, ?-1656)
Rapaleng Rabana
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Rapelang Rabana (1982- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Black Presence in Theater through the Centuries in the Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
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Injustice in Alaska Territory: The World War II Court-martial of Ten Black Soldiers Who Helped Build the ALCAN Highway
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Loren Miller: Legal Crusader in the Long Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington